Paper-bag holder



(No Model.) 7

, J. LEE.

PAPER BAG HOLDER.

No. 416,845'. PatentedDeo. 10, 1889.

U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN LEE, OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

PAPER-BAG HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,845, dated December 10, 1889.

Application filed May 9, 1889. Serial No. 310,156- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN LEE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chester, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Paper-Bag Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebein g had to the accompan yin gdrawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which 'form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in paper and paper-bag holders, whereby a simple and inexpensive device is produced which is adapted for use asa paper or paperbag holder or letter-file, as may be required.

The broad idea contained in this device is not novel, as many ways of carrying it out have been devised; hence my invention consists in the device herein described and claimed.

I11 the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention as in use, representing one of a series of such devices. Fig. 2 is a right-hand elevation of the same.

The invention consists of two parts, A and B.

A is a bale provided with an upturned hook 1. at its right-hand end, an eye 2 in its middle portion, and at its left-hand end a series of coils 3, forming a sheath or shield for the reception of the pointed end of wire pin B.

B is a wire pin pointed at one end and provided with an eye b at its opposite end.

To use my invention I string a number of bags or pieces of wrapping-paper O by pierclng them through one corner or the middle part, as shown. Having secured a sufficient number on the pin B, I insert the pointed end of the pin in the shield 3 and pass the eye I) of the pin over the free end of loop 1, as shown in Fig. 1.

My device may be suspended from a strip of wood D, provided with hooks d on its lower edge and eyebolts d. From the latter are attached suspension wires or cords 01 in the usual manner.

. It will be seen from the above that my invention provides a cheap or inexpensive de vice of universal use in stores where various sizes of paper bags are used. The several thereof, an eye in its central portion, and a series of coils at its opposite end arranged in line With its hooked end, in combination with a pointed pin provided with an eye at its opposite end, as and for the purpose herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN LEE. WVit-nesses:

S. A. TERRY, GEO. E. TERRY. 

